We all miss fans in the stands, so what better way to be sad about a full year away from live hockey by reliving the good and not-so-good experiences at rinks around Hockey East?
We surveyed our staff and asked them to rank the experiences at Hockey East venues from best to worst, on the basis of atmosphere, arena quality, and just overall enjoyment of going to the venue.
14. Whittemore Center, New Hampshire (Avg. Rank: 14)
Unanimously chosen by our staff as being the worst experience in Hockey East. Ouch. When their fans show up, they are annoying and unpleasant to be around; generally speaking, they don’t really often show up anymore (can’t really blame them given how bad the team is); you have to go through a ridiculous ice-strewn parking lot to get to a single bottlenecked ice-strewn staircase to get to another ice-strewn parking lot before you finally get to the rink; and then once you get inside the best thing the Whitt really has to offer is Dippin’ Dots as an amenity.